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this is al jazeera hello. this is the news hour on al jazeera. the turkish president says he doesn't want any escalation after turkey shot down a russian fighter jet. it said it defended its own security. vladimir putin said there was no vial registration of their airspace. there's a suicide bomber blue up
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a bus. a state of emergency has now been declared. protests in chicago after a police video is released on showing a white officer killing a black teenager. with the ongoing developments on this russian jet which was shot down by the turkish military. we have heard from turkey's president who has spoken out again saying the russian plane ignored warnings to leave his country's airspace and reiterated that it was within its own rights to shoot that plane down. here is more of what president ergogan had to say a short time ago >> translation: turkey is never on the side of tension or hostility. we're always for piece and deep loam see. we will maintain that attitude. we will not tolerate our borders to be violated and no-one would expect us to. we are only defending our
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security in response russia has announced it will deploy an air defense missile system at its base in syria and it will also suspend military cooperation with turkey. as for the fate of the pilots from that downed plane, one is safe after being picked up from the syrian army. another died from jumping with a par chute. our two correspondents. tell us what has happened today, the developments today and i guess the can'ted stance of - continued stance of president erdogan. >> reporter: he said that turkey acted - it's account was a legitimate one and that the russians have violated airspace in the past.
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yesterday the warnings he said were ignored and so the turks had no other option but to bring down the military are craft. the turkish president at the same time was sending a reconcilery sayings that the acts should not be seen as a belligerent one and the international commit should step in to determine a solution for the crisis in syria. one final note from what is happening on the ground in that particular area, in latakia, different sources are telling al jazeera that there has been intensive fights, shutting of rebel positions in latakia. we don't know whether it is russian actions or made by the syrian government what's your fake on the situation? do you think cool heads are prevailing because that's what united nations and nato and the like are saying, everyone to keep cool, don't make it worse.
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>> reporter: i think from the statements we've heard yesterday the general sentiment is that they don't think the russians will go further for more escalations and the turks will definitely try to find a consensus, but now the problem that we have is that particular area is that you have two battle fields, one in syria where there is a civil war and one which is led by the international coalition against i.s.i.l., and here where the two conflicts overlap with different key players, each having its own agenda. for example, the turks say that the russians are now there to push-- not to push against i.s.i.l., but to provide significant military assistance for bashar al-assad to help him redpan some areas that he lost. the turks say that the fight against i.s.i.l. has no strategic importance if bashar al-assad stays in hour. so unless you reconcile this
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growing divide between these countries, it will be difficult to push forward going to moscow. the latest on the pilots. i outlined it briefly. can you bring us up to speed with a bit more detail? >> reporter: yeah. the information coming through a few hours ago came from the russian ambassador through france who was speaking on a radio station in europe basically saying that he was aware that the second pilot was alive and well and had been rescued. that went against the official defense ministry line-up until that point which was that the fate and the whereabouts of the second pilot were unknown. however, just over an hour ago we did hear from the russian president and his defense minister, who was briefing vladimir putin on the whereabouts of the second crew
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member and so, yes, this was true. he has been rescued. he is safe and well on the russian air base in syria. there was a 12-hour mission to pull him out involving both russian and syrian special unit, but the confirmation has come through he is alive. now, a little bit further to this, what vladimir putin did subsequently was announce that three russian service men are to get the hero of russia award. two of those are posthumous, it includes the pilot that died and also the marine who was killed trying to rescue the pilot, and the last hero of russia award is to go to the pilot that did survive how is vladimir putin fighting back, if i can put it that way, at the moment? is there a retaliation as such or is it just measures, more steps he's taking to sort of cement his position where he is?
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>> reporter: what we're seeing at the moment is a kind of muscling up, i suppose, an improving of defensive capabilities in the syrian theatre of war. so the russians have deployed an naval vessel, a cruiser to the latakia coastline of the that has air defense capabilities and what has also been announced is that s 400 are going to be advanced. this is an advanced weapon accept. it has a range of some 400 kilometres so it would protect whatever russian planes are operating in the air over syria and potentially hit them out of the sky if they are - or hit some planes out of the sky as far away as 400 kilometres. so that's what we're seeing at the moment. in terms of anything more than
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that, with you, maybe people who were nervous about any kind of escalation should take cheer from something that vladimir putin has said, which was that given the events of tuesday, it is possible that such things might happen again, similar things, and if they do, then russia might respond in this or that way, he said. now that, to me, vladimir putin saying this time we're probably not going to do too much, but don't do it again quite. thank you for that. we've looked at russia and turkey, the other group to consider is nato at this point. in brussels, our correspondent. >> reporter: it is an important exercise on damage limitation. on one hand they're calling for relations between turkey and russia. they have been low since crime last year. on the other hand nato has been
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quick to rail lee to turkey. during the course of the extraordinary north atlantic council meeting on tuesday, the turkish delegation presented its findings along with a video and some other data as to why and how the decision was made to shoot down the russian jet. according to the turkish verse of events, the jet was over turkish airspace at the time that that decision was made and according to the turks a series of warnings were given to the pilots of that plane before the decision was finally made. that now, according to nato, is the shared position of all 28 members states. of course, nobody at the moment is interested in seeing this play out militarily, but we may well see in the coming days much more assertiveness from turkey and russia. there may well be a war of words, if nothing else, and at the end of that, of course, nato may end up playing a much more assertive role also the u.s. president obama has
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reiterated his stance that turkey has a right to defend itself, also saying that he russia will joining of coalition against i.s.i.l. and give up support of the syria's president. >> reporter: this was a meeting meant to send a message, the u.s. and france stand united in the fight against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. we stand by our friends. >> reporter: the focus quickly shifted after russian fighter jet was shot down by turkey, the leader focusing on that this won't escalate. turkey like every cunt h has-- country has the right. i think it is important right now to make sure that both the russians and the turks are talking to each other, find out exactly what happened. >> reporter: the leaders say they hope this incident would help push vladimir putin toward
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their coalition which they said they would welcome as long as he stops supporting bashar al-assad. >> reporter: even before the plane was drowned, experts had been saying the u.s. had to do something to change russian thinking. an american demonstration of will and capability, both for the syrian government and for the russian government, i think would be very helpful at this point. not because you want to start shooting russian high bottles out of the sky, but we want to demonstrate that we have an ability to protect the people we work with and if the russians will attack them, there will be consequences for the russians which the russians won't like. >> reporter: it remains to be seen if this will change russian strategies. >> translation: it became clear after this press conference their straight gee isn't-- strategy isn't changing, only intensifying. >> translation: france will not intervene militarily on the ground.
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it is the local forces who will do so >> reporter: some military experts say that will have a limited impact. to be really effective, an air campaign needs to have something on the ground, to use a hammer, and that's not obvious to me >> reporter: white house believed that russia had began to play a role in the syrian conflict. the big worry after this is that that will no longer be the case germany says it will send 650 additional soldiers to mali to heap with the peace keeping mission there. it comes after the attack in bamako where 19 people were killed. france already had troops on the ground in mali to help the former colony to fight rebels. gps tracking has shown the man return to the scene after french swot teams had arrived. the paris prosecutor said mobile phone data place abdel hamid
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abaaoud while the scene was going on inside. he was killed last wednesday. a full-scale security state of emergency is comes to an end. the government thought there was an imminent threat of attack. the metro system and schools are starting to open. u.s. bound parcels which were flagged up at cairo international airport were found to contain no explosives. two packages were seized for further checks. officials were investigating the possibility that some parcels contained explosive material. in tunisia say a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a bus in the capital. it was carrying mens of the presidential guard. at least 13 people were kill appeared a state of emergency has been declared with the president says the country is at war with terrorists.
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>> reporter: the remains of the presidential bus hit right in the heart of t eurekas nis. it was picking up officers at a bus stop when the explosion happened. on one of the capital's main city, it was busy with commuters at the time. the blast was so loud it was heard across the center of the country. the president called it an act of terror and imposed a state of emergency. >> translation: after consulting with the prime minister and the head of parliament, i would like to declare a state of emergency extending for 30 days as per the law. secondly, there is a curfew imposed across all of tunisia starting from 9 this evening until tomorrow morning at 5. >> reporter: it is still recould have gone two to attacks to tourists this year. security forces were criticised then for not responding quickly. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for those attacks.
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accord to the government there are around 30 thousand tuniisias fighting. state of emergency gives security forces additional powers to make arrests and stop people from protesting as well as restrictions on peed i can't coverage-- media coverage. there was already additional security in major cities and strategic areas on the border, but they were unable to prevent this latest attack think about all the things we've just mentioned in last few minutes. mali, tunis acres a, paris, belgium, all these terrorist-related events which have got people obviously on edge. what is going on? we're going to talk to a radicalization awareness network program which is part of the european commission. he is on skype from amsterdam. do you start to look at these events as a whole or are they separate events which just happen to have happened at the
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of course, this does not prevent all from radicalising to extremism. there are examples of successful prevention and you see across europe a great difference between cities and even countries that are successful in such preventing some give me an example then, please. for instance, belgium which has, of course, been in the news on your channel a lot lately. the neighbourd of molenbeek in brussels, many come from there and many people involved in the paris attacks come from there. there is another close by called vilvorda that invested a lot. previously most foreign terrorist fighters for syria came from this little town of
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vilvorda. most from europe came from there. since they stepped up their prevent efforts, they engaged with communities. no youngsters left that town to join d.a.e.s.h. so it works what are the fev ways of prevent prevent-- preventive ways of doing it. if people want to blow up, they will find a way. the events are hard to stop, but what about preventing the actual joining in the first place?
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arrest terrorists and should put repressive measures in place, but it should have community police officers like in belgium, the netherlands and the u.k. and other countries where those police officers apparently with parent and parents feel comfortable sharing concerns without being worried that their sons and daughters are immediately rested. so that prevents-- arrested. so that needs to happen in a very early phase. you need to step in and attack radicalization. also schools are very well placed. if students are referring to d.a.e.s.h. or being pupils or teenagers and having fierce opinions, you need to engage in discussions, be genuinely
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interested in having debates with them and there are many ways. teachers should discuss with pupils in positive ways so they come to the conclusion that terrorism is not their route thank you for joining us today thank you too plenty more on the news hour still to come. women have been given a panic button that can alert police if they're being attacked. a stand off in central america where cuban migrants find themselves stranded. mba history is made. -- nba. there have been protests in chicago after police released a squad car video showing a white
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officer killing a black teenager. he has been charged with first degree murder after shooting the teenage 16 times. >> reporter: these are the final moments of 17-year-old. he was walking down a chicago street followed by police. a vandalism suss speck. police say he armed with a small knife. an officer opens fire and he falls to the ground. after that moment he was shot and again and again for a total of 16 times. the release of these pictures were delay for a month amid fears of a back lash. i understand that people will be upset and want to protest when they see this video, but i would like to echo the comments of the mcdonald family. they've asked for calm and for those who choose to speak out, to do it peacefully. >> reporter: chicago policeman who shot the teenager has been
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charged with murder. his lawyer says he felt threatened by the knife-wielding teenager. i the police officer was stripped of his police powers memorandumed. he was-- immediately. he awas charged with first degree murder by the state's attorney-general, and as a result he-- attorney, and as a result he was been put into a no pay status. >> reporter: hundreds of people were protesting the killing. they're calling for an end of lethal force against people. people have a right to protest and free speech, but not to criminal acts. >> reporter: the force offered to pay five million dollars to the mac done amend family before they even filed a case. it's not just chicago. police using lethal force against black youth has come under scrutiny in a number of
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u.s. cities. this protest has continued for nearly ten days. here 24-year-old, another black man was shot and killed by police. the officers involved have been sent on leave. clerk's family was a video of the incident to be released but the authorities say the release would affect the ongoing investigation. as relations in the united states are further strained, people now have knew reasons to call for less force today is international day for the elimination of violence against women. we are looking specifically at brazil which has one of the highest rates of violence in the world, particularly against women. here are the numbers. more than 58,000 brazilians as a whole suffered violent deaths last year. around 160 people every day. most were murdered, but an average of eight died each day at the hands of police, which is
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an increase of 37% on the year before. the women dying violent deaths is also on the rise of the world hlth organization says brazil has the fifth highest homicide rate in the world, almost 5,000 women killed in 2013 alone, most of the victims were black and more than half died around the home or at the hands of family members. >> reporter: a man chases his wife at gunpoint and kills her at point blank. this is brazil where violence against women is the fifth highest in the world and the border of hopple sides. this woman says her nice and gentle partner turned into a monster, beating her including when she was pregnant. >> translation: i felt like rush, like an insect or worse than that. i was thinking that it was my fault.
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>> reporter: the region of this area has one of the highest rates of crime. especially here in victoria where mean believe that women are their property. >> reporter: the typical brazilian male believes the woman is his subject. he doesn't accept being cheated on or broken up with. he reacts with violence. >> reporter: that is beginning to change. >> translation: it takes only four seconds to activate a panic button-- panic bullet i don't know. - did button. agents at this municipal command center get the alarms. voices are heard through the panic button and recorded here as res couriers are on their way to save victims. the national institute for preventive technology created the alarm buttons. >> translation: a woman who is about to suffer an aaggression
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doesn't have the time to call and be asked questions. now rescuer is between three and ten minutes >> reporter: since 2013, 11 men have been detained after victims activated their device. for grace it has been a life-changing experience. >> translation: with the button i feel free because i know if he punkes he i can press it and someone can come and help me in four to five minutes >> reporter: only women who have judicial measures can register. 23 have already used it and there are more than 600 women who now qualify and are awaiting their turn, but there are thousands of brazilian women who are still living in fear hundreds of people in haiti are protesting against last
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month's presidential elections. there was no clear winner and a run-off vote will be held in december. weather time. it is very rare that i have to carry my daughter into school on my shoulder so she doesn't have to down in a puddle. >> reporter: you're lucky they were still open. how long did you have extra on your journey on your work today? >> reporter: it took me an hour. >> reporter: that's not bad going. let me show you exactly why and what has been going on. we've got this huge area of cloud over us. it has been drifting its way east ward. so it's not only here in doha but also through parts of saudi arabia, riad and some over parts of the uae as well. abudhabi and some in dubai as
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well. here in doha it was quite a struggle to get to work today. those who didn't have a four by four arguably had a harder time to get to work. i'm not sure this man will ever make it to the office today. he will remember this day. also elsewhere you see just cars practical flooded, practically drifting down the road. it really has been quite bad. the reason for that isn't just because doha isn't used to rain, it's also due to the amount of rain. it has been a lot. if you see 79 millimetres of rain in 24 hours, it will cause problems. that was reported at doha airport. that's one of the reasons we have seen such problems today. it is the sheer amount of rain. obviously, on the fact of that you've got the issue that we are not used to rain so the ground is rock solid. it will improve over the next few days. it will gradually ease over night and tomorrow light rain
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and tomorrow night it will be a dim and distant dream i'm going to hold you to that. plenty more ahead on this news hour. there are security concerns as pope francis makes his way to african for his first visit to the continent. a hundred years after its ground breaking theory of general relativity. and news on the sport too. ort too.
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turkey's president has spoken out again saying the russian plane which you are turkey shot down on tuesday was given several warnings to leave the airspace. he said he didn't want the situation to escalate. russia's responded by announcing it will deploy an air defense missile system to its base in syria. it has confirmed one pilot is safe. the other died after jumping from the plane with a par chute. a suicide bomber has caused a bomb blast on a bus in tunisia with at least 13 people were killed. state of emergency declared. live to tunis for this story. what's it like the day after?
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>> reporter: this is a major blow for the country which was just recovering from the two attacks on tourists in june and in march. there was a state of emergency announced then in june. that was lifted just a month ago. this is a first, really. we keep talking about first here. the first attack on tourists in march, another in june. this is the first time a suicide bomber, possibly, has attacked presidential guards right in the hard of tunis. we are awaiting confirmation, but the indications are that it was a suicide bombing. basically, financials say that there were 13 victims on the bus, but they're finaling it difficult-- officials. they have identified 12. it seems to the fact that there might have been a suicide bombing which has shocked the
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people who are basically trying to go about their life at the moment they're saying they're at war with terrorists. who is he talking about? give us a rhymer of who operates in the area, who has issues with the government there. >> reporter: -- remind us of with who >> reporter: since the revolution, the main groups that were operating in the area were linked to al-qaeda. now, in the past year the two attacks which were carried out on tourists were claimed by i.s.i.l. tunisia has confirmed in past that there are around three thousand people fighting in iraq, syria and libya as well. many of these fighters have returned to the country. some fighters have been trained in libya. now, the tunisians are facing a
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threat from groups linked to quail and i.s.i.l. that threat was mainly on the border with algeria where attacks have been common against security forces. this is the first that an attack like this has happened right here in the heart of tunis which means that the government has to take another strategy against fighting or what it calls terrorism thank you. so much going on in the world. our focus has been on this incident between turkey and russia, the shooting down of a russian jet. we're going to talk to a man now who is a professor of international relations. he is with us via skype from ankara. what is your take on how relations move on from now? both sides do have restraint in saying we don't want this to escalate, but one side's jet gets shot out of the sky.
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it is still a major issue to over come yes. you're right. i don't think both sides has an interest in escalating this. i don't think this will turn into a war or something, but we will definitely see some more disagreements in the near future. first of all, i think there will definitely be war of words between the two countries. there will be tough rhetoric so to say. there will be more difficult diplomatic relations, they will be strained. there could be some sort of economic retaliation from russia because turkey and russia are good trade partners and there are a lot of economic relations at stake here, from the more simple one like tourism and agriculture to the big one like nuclear energy transfer from russia to turkey. there's a lot of economic relations at stake. there could be, although very unlikely, some military response
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from russia. i don't think we can rule that out now it is moving in more air defense systems into syria. if nothing else, that's a warning, isn't it. it is definitely a warning, and if you know a little bit about russian foreign relations and how they react to these kinds of incidents, actually, they really prefer to retaliate rather than actually backing down. so i think turkey should also be prepared for such a response and also historically there could be some sort of response which is like an ass metric responses using some kind of association in turkey. i think the biggest role here is with the diplomats to cool down the tension here. otherwise this will escalate into something bigger than what
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it is. this can even be a problem between nato and russia one of the lines which we're hearing from pretty much everybody is that turkey did have the right to defend its terre tore doctor - territorial integrity. it was only 17 seconds, and that's a short time. even though a plan is given warning, to shoot down a plane that's in your area for 17 seconds?
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before. about two months ago, this was again an issue in turkey has warned many times about russian air force penetrating into the turkish airspace-- helicopter. if this was a single shot incident, i would agree with you that this is an over reaction to 17 seconds incursion into airspace, but this is more than that. this has been going on for two years from turkey's perspective, and the last two months, actually, specifically with russia and there has already been a lot of debate between turkey and russia about turkish airplanes coming very close to turkish border or even invading the turkish airspace. that happened too by the way in the past thank you for that. we have to leave you there. we have the turkish prime minister speaking now.
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>> translation: the people is se seeking their future in our party, not in holes, terrorist organizations. people secure, peace, friendship and prosperity in every corner of this land, and brotherhood and sisterhood will be reestablished. it is about time that htp sit down and think about what they have been doing so far. htp must not remain in the
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shadow of weapons pointed at politi politics. in june 2015 elections people gave a role to the opposition parties to take responsibility and take action, but they failed to do so and subsequently on 1 november same people gave them the message by not voting for them and giving responsibility to the party to govern this country. members of htp party have failed to properly take parliamentian
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oath. they're trying to derail legitimate democratic processes, but i am saying we will not allow this to happen. the holes will be picked up and their tricks, their games, will they will not be able to make our state country kneel before th them. those traitors who do not want our country to succeed will be losers. we will never allow anyone to% cult our people. my dear friends, after subsequent 7 june, terrorist attacks were increased but our
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nation remained union night. it's unfortunately-- unified. it is unfortunate that we have not seen the same sensitivity from our political rivals and some members of the media. i'm saying this to keep an account of what has happened. terror is an important matter that everyone needs to show some sensitivity about. i'm going to ask some questions in relation to these in front of our nation. a short time ago terrorist attacks took place in france. i would like to make a comparison to show some differences. the attack in ankara took place and is subsequent-- we were hoping to hear something about the situation with russia. at the moment he is addressing
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the parliament and focusing on internal issues at the moment, it seems internal politics. we will keep an hear on that speech and if we hear anything about the jet, we will bring it back. three thousand cuban migrants are stranded in costa rica after nicaragua has failed to let them in. >> reporter: this wasn't how they imagined their journey to the united states would end, but for now at least this is where they're stuck in a camp on the southern side of the border. they had hoped to move northwards through nicuagra, but they were sent back. they're saying that they are disappointed a meeting between latin american meeting with officials failed to give a
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solution that would allow them to continue their journey. >> translation: it would have been good to have a positive response. we don't have any at the moment, no hopes of getting to nicaragua. >> reporter: the summit exposed why differences in company's attitudes. the government said the cuban migrants are a threat to its security. costa rica said they should be able to pass with single entry visas. >> translation: we didn't come here with our hands empty. we came with a proposal for safe migrants. there were all these proposals and they were rejected for one sing country, nicuagura. >> reporter: any cuban who makes it onto u.s. soil is allowed to apply for res debenture see. those intercepted at sea are not. with improving bilateral relations, many cubans worry the u.s. may change its policy. without a break through in the
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diplomatic deadlock between these two countries, this group of migrants find its journey is on hold dozen of dingheys have arrived on the island of lesbos. two thousand people arrived on tuesday alone. stormy weather is making the crossing from turkey dangerous. details of the plan to resettle 25 thousand refugees in canada, will be a pratly sponsored and with government assistance. there's concern about security and health screening of those taken in. >> reporter: a picture of two-year-old boy dead on the beach in turkey focused canada's recent election campaign on syrian refugees. the government has promised to welcome 25,000 will be kept, but it will take longer than originally pitched.
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the new plan involves the army, all levels of government and community groups. yes. we want to bring them fast, but we also want to do it right. i have heard canadians across this country saying, yes, you have to do it right and if it takes aleutian built longer-- a little bit longer to do it right, then take the compro time. >> reporter: polls showd more concern about welcoming so many so quickly. there have been racest incidents involving the muslim community. delaying the aarrives meaning more time for security checks. >> reporter: once they're done, they will need temporary housing and that means disused public buildings and empty hospitals like this one. all will be safe homes for people from syria for several months at least. canada has a long tradition of accepting refugees and giving
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them new lives of the support agencies say they will need extra funning but they're ready for the influx. i think what is good for us here is we have a sophisticated service sector. we need to build capacity, we need to have number interpreterors for all the languages, but we're feeling as if we're ready >> reporter: at toronto's café, at least 12 syrians are working behind the counter and in the kitchen. the owner came from lebanon and knows what it is to flee a homeland and leave everything behind nobody help me when i came to canada. i would like to help them to start new life. in the beginning it is very hard, but now we are happy that we are here in safety, we start to work, my children going to school. i hope that every body can come here have this chance. >> reporter: syrians begin arriving on chartered aircraft
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early next month under a system unique to can day, 40% will be sponsored by community and private groups and the rest by government. they're about to receive their biggest refugee intakes ever it is a hundred years to the day since albert einstein revolutionized our understanding of gravity, light and time. he paved the way for many modern technology such as satellites and smart phones. >> reporter: einstein's theory of general relativity came 10 years after his more limited e equals mc squared. add the force of gravity. he predicted how it can bend light and alter the passage of time. this has been observed by space tell scopes and have allowed
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anies cysts to-- phyvisits. you need extra mass that you cannot see. that mass is called dark matter and the analysis of that comes because of einstein predicted this effect. thanks to that we can quantify some of that matter in the universe. >> reporter: whine stein's equations-- einstein's is the basis for gps navigation. other technologies he helped develop clues this compass still used on ships. the equations presented by einstein in 1915 changed forever our understanding of the physical world, from the effect of gravity on light and on the passing of time to the existence of black holes. it was also the beginning of a period that would see him become
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a super star, one of the most well-known thinkers of the 20th century. after initially supporting their development, einstein later cam pained against nuclear weapons. he was also a vocal supporter of home and civil rights. those were topics which really moved many people automatic over the world and he had crediblity-- all over the world. he had the pop star looks, also his personality. i don't think that he intended to be a pop star, but he really fitted perfectly well into this need for a pop star. >> reporter: einstein's theories also had a philosophical side, one he often expressed in the tens of thousands of personal letters he wrote. if everybody realised that the thepgs we do-- things we do every single day are a permanent part of the universe from that moment on, i think maybe
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everybody would treat each other better and make sure they were making a mark on the universe that they were proud of >> reporter: he also challenged those around him to try each day to comprehend a little of the mysteries of eternity, of life and the structure of reality. the important thing he said is to never stop questioning i want one of those. sport, what have you got >> reporter: start with nba. the golden state warrers have made a great season. they won their 16th game in a row against the lakers. >> reporter: the mba used to be dominated by the l.a. lakers. now it's the golden state w warriors. they have a 16th straight win.
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they were 19 ahead at the end of the first quarter. we celebrated because it is a piece of history now and we want to continue the streak. we feel like we can >> reporter: toby brent has one five against them. the previous record of 15 wins was held by the washington capital and the houston rockets. we congratulate these players. what they did, they're in the history books, but we also reminded them that it's november and it's a lot - we've got a lot more work to do. >> reporter: the greens scored 18 points for the warriors in oaklands. again, it was curry who was the star, the reigning, 24 points in
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30 minutes of play. the warriors eventually wing the game 111 to 77. like i say, we've been saying last week any time you can do something that hasn't been done in the mba, all the great teams that have suited up and all the great legends. we have had 16 challenges in front of us and we showed up 16 games. >> reporter: the next record for the warriors to break is 33 that is held by the lakers. >> reporter: football now. it has been a good week for barcelona just days after footing four goals on wednesday. they netted six. it was caught twice and another in his first start is september following a leg engineer. the six one victory guaranteeing
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the winners the top spot and a place in the last 16. >> translation: we are enjoying a very nice moment. things are coming up perfect, but we still have many games ahead. we want to enjoy this moment but keep working a lot more because there are still more details we want to improve and we know we can. >> reporter: arsenal kept their hopes of qualifying for the next round alive but with a convincing win. it was a three-nil win. we played good pace, produced a game of quality and i believe the speed of our movement and our passing gayed zagreb a problem and from then on once we scored the first goals you could see the chance were coming. it was important that we don't
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concede the first goal. overall we had a game of quality and controlled it well. >> reporter: into the knock out stages. chelsea are joint top. tell viv were beaden four nil. a two nil will over valencia. the coach insists there are no problems between him and star player rinaldo. just days after the four-nil defeat, despite media reports of a rift between them, rinal dirks scored 13 goals off 18 games so far after this season it's not true. he was a hardworking player and he is a main player in the team and that's why we have no
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problems. i feel bad if we lose. i take it on personally especially if we lose at home and against barcelona. everything i can do is concentrate on my work. >> reporter: manchester city are eyeing top spot. one said wing the group doesn't mean they will get an easy draw. while they have won their last three games and lead by five points, italian as i said can qualify for the last 16 with a victory. there are eight games scheduled for wednesday. jeer gees will be worn honoring paris games. tennis number two andy murray says the great britain team are
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uncomfortable for the final. it is taken place in a belgium city which remains on a high state of alert. extra security measures have been put in place as belgium bid to win the first ever davis cup crown. in situations like this, it's great that we have such capable people that are able to give us the best advice and everyone, i think, is very comfortable in the team. it was, obviously, a bit concerning a few days ago, on but i think once we got here and got into the hotel and came to the venue and saw what it was like here, i think that may everyone a lot more comfortable. >> reporter: that's it from me i'm back in two and a half minutes time with another bulletin bulletin.
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